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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 846865

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/846865

NT36SW 65 32599 64935

Lothian Bridge [NAT]

OS (GIS) AIB, April 2006.

Location formerly entered as Centred NT 3258 6494.

For corresponding railway viaduct (adjacent to SW), see NT36SW 41.

Plaque on NE side reveals the bridge to have been built originally in 1810.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

A single-span road bridge with a segmental arch, faced with dressed sandstone, carrying the A7 trunk road over the River South Esk. At the time of survey 2001, the parapet had been damaged (see bulge), and Midlothian Council were about to embark upon major repairs.

Information from RCAHMS (MKO), 2001.

This bridge carries the A7(T) public road over the River South Esk immediately NE of the railway viaduct NT36SW 41. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Cockpen (to the NW) and Newbattle (to the SE).

The location assigned to this record defines the midpoint of the structure.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 April 2006.

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